Beginning with the observation of hysteria and the other neuroses [3] Professor Freud gradually extended his investigations to normal psychology and evolved new concepts and new methods of study.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

Encroaching satin stitch 105 Oriental stitch 106 Plaited stitch and mosaic stitch 108 Persian stitch 109 Straight and encroaching flat stitch patterns 110 Chinese embroidery 111 Raised embroidery 113 Turkish embroidery 113 Implements and materials for gold embroidery 115 Stitches used in gold embroidery 119 Patterns for gold embroidery 120 TAPESTRY AND LINEN EMBROIDERY
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

" These philosophical finalities gently entered my ear as I stood silently before a temple image of Kali.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

nē quis tamquam parva fastīdiat grammaticēs elementa , Quintil.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

A particular description, composed about a century after its foundation, enumerates a capitol or school of learning, a circus, two theatres, eight public, and one hundred and fifty-three private baths, fifty-two porticos, five granaries, eight aqueducts or reservoirs of water, four spacious halls for the meetings of the senate or courts of justice, fourteen churches, fourteen palaces, and four thousand three hundred and eighty-eight houses, which, for their size or beauty, deserved to be distinguished from the multitude of plebeian inhabitants.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In other words, while Phileas Fogg, going eastward, saw the sun pass the meridian eighty times, his friends in London only saw it pass the meridian seventy-nine times.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

The things to bear in mind are that the Rook must be prevented from interposing at Kt 1 because of an immediate mate, and in the same way the King must be prevented from going either to R 3 or B 1.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

The English have more of Genius for Tragedy than other People, as well by the Spirit of their Nation, which delights in Cruelty, as also by the Character of their Language, which is proper for Great Expressions.'
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

And the ferry itself, with its queer scenes—sometimes children suddenly born in the waiting-houses (an actual fact—and more than once)—sometimes a masquerade party, going over at night, with a band of music, dancing and whirling like mad on the broad deck, in their fantastic dresses; sometimes the astronomer, Mr. Whitall, (who posts me up in points about the stars by a living lesson there and then, and answering every question)—sometimes a prolific family group, eight, nine, ten, even twelve!
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

She heard the hoarse muttering of the men, and, a worse poison for good ears, the shrill venom of the women.
— from Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Hewlett

Been prospecting for gold ever since.
— from A Ticket to Adventure A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

No American workman could produce furniture good enough for its aristocratic owner.
— from Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the following are not infringements of copyright: (1) performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made; (2) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or display of a work, by or in the course of a transmission, if— (A) the performance or display is a regular part of the systematic instructional activities of a governmental body or a nonprofit educational institution; and (B) the performance or display is directly related and of assistance to the teaching content of the transmission; 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— from Copyright Law of the United States of America Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code by United States

The impracticable visionary is far less often the guide and precursor than he is the embittered foe of the real reformer, of the man who, with stumblings and shortcomings, yet does in some shape, in practical fashion, give effect to the hopes and desires of those who strive for better things.
— from African and European Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

But Kutani copied Chinese originals in the best style, so that if such specimens were bought in China they would pass for good examples of the best period.
— from Chats on Oriental China by J. F. Blacker

It is the reputed miniature of the Pilgrim Father, Governor Edward Winslow, when a boy about six years of age, which would be in 1602; it is the only miniature in existence of any of the Pilgrims at any age.
— from Child Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle